David Landis
President/CEO

Landis Communications Inc. (LCI)

Named "one of the nation's top PR firms" by PR Week and PR Source Code and once again named "one of the Bay Area's top PR firms" by the San Francisco Business Times, San Francisco-based Landis Communications Inc. this year celebrates its 18th year. With 30 years experience in public relations, brand management, positioning, marketing, analyst relations, media training, crisis communications, public affairs and community relations, David Landis has lent his expertise to a variety of national and Bay Area-based corporations. These include: retailers, consumer businesses and products, technology companies, broadcasters, hospitality businesses, academic institutions, fashion businesses, cultural institutions, sports organizations, environmental organizations, real estate developers and non-profit organizations. Among the prestigious clients Mr. Landis has counseled over the years are: NBC Universal, Bravo, Gap, Old Navy, Sony, Levi Strauss & Co., Tiffany & Co., Xerox, AAA, AT&T, UCSF, DeVry University, Match.com, Whole Foods Market, Cold Stone Creamery, Simon Pearce, Harry & David, Musician's Friend, Save-the-Redwoods League, PIER 39, The Mark Company, The Potrero, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, Kimpton Hotels, Pottery Barn, the California Academy of Sciences, Planned Parenthood, SF SPCA, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, KPIX-TV (San Francisco), KCBS-TV (Los Angeles), Crestwood Behavioral Health, Sybase Tournament/San Jose, Examiner Bay to Breakers and more. 

In 2007, Mr. Landis joined the faculty of Golden Gate University, teaching public relations in a master's degree program for marketing majors.  A recipient of numerous awards, Mr. Landis is a published writer and has been a featured speaker at numerous industry conferences, as well as a guest lecturer at Stanford University, the University of California-Berkeley, University of San Francisco and Golden Gate University.

Mr. Landis has a special expertise and passion for helping both arts organizations and nonprofits. Among his clients are: the San Francisco Symphony, California State Parks Foundation, SF/SPCA, the Yosemite Fund, the American Craft Council, SFMOMA, the California College for the Arts (CCA), the Marin Community Foundation, the San Francisco Opera (re-opening of San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House), Asian Art Museum, American Conservatory Theater (re-opening of the Geary Theater), The League to Save Lake Tahoe, Union Square re-opening (San Francisco), Planned Parenthood, Senior Net (helping seniors learn computer skills), San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland Children's Hospital, East Bay Community Foundation, ODC/San Francisco, LINES Ballet, Bay Area Discovery Museum and more.

In addition, Mr. Landis has media trained major executives from NBC Entertainment, Gap, Pottery Barn, Old Navy, the San Francisco Symphony, Asian Art Museum, Kimpton Hotels, California State Parks Foundation and more.

Prior to launching Landis Communications Inc., Mr. Landis served for four years as Public and Community Relations Director for KPIX-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco. While there, he helped create, coordinate, publicize and promote several national Emmy award-winning public relations and public service campaigns including: AIDS Lifeline - the nation's first comprehensive AIDS education television campaign; and For Kids' Sake - a campaign aimed at addressing children's issues.

Mr. Landis served as Public Relations Director for the San Francisco Symphony from 1980-1987 (promoting the opening of San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall); Public Relations Director for the St. Louis Symphony (promoting that orchestra's 100th anniversary); Public Relations Director for Chicago's Academy Festival Theatre and Assistant Public Relations Director for Chicago's Goodman Theatre. In addition, he worked with Zonka & Zonka, a Chicago-based public relations agency specializing in entertainment and retail publicity.

Mr. Landis is a published writer in The Californian, St. Louis, Symphony and Encore magazines, among others. He serves as a member of the marketing committee of the San Francisco Symphony and SFMOMA and serves as an advisory Board member for ODC/San Francisco (San Francisco's modern dance company), the Coral Reef Alliance and the Advisory Board of the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design. He is a recent past member of the Board of Directors for Project Open Hand, San Francisco's Ethnic Dance Festival and the March of Dimes' Bay Area Chapter and has also served as founder of Chanticleer's Corporate Council.

A passionate philanthropist and volunteer, Mr. Landis supports numerous causes, including: Project Open Hand; Oakland's Stepping Stones, a program which helps prepare people with disabilities for the job market; Habitat for Humanity; the Sierra Club; Sierra Watch (Tahoe region); San Francisco Symphony; the San Francisco Giants Community Fund for after school sports; the NAACP; San Francisco School Volunteers; Handgun Control; Planned Parenthood; San Francisco State University's "Step to College" program, which provides financial assistance to help needy students attend college; the Art & Music Center of San Francisco's New Main Library; and the San Francisco SPCA.

Mr. Landis graduated with a degree in music from Northwestern University and has been a resident of San Francisco since 1980. In his spare time, he enjoys skiing, hiking, theatre, music and dance as well as taking in the culinary delights of San Francisco's vibrant restaurant scene. He and his partner are amateur art collectors with a collection that includes works by Thiebaud, Chihuly, Miro, Calder, Galen Rowell, Thomas Waddell and numerous California artists. The couple resides in Pacific Heights (San Francisco) and Tahoe with their two miniature American Eskimo dogs, Shasta and Whitney.